anarthas: unwanted things (obstacles in devotional service; impurities of the heart)

23 Jun 2024 midday – The Step-by-step Path of Devotion (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

00:12:35 – Jagannatha Ashtakam.00:23:45 – Jagannatha is Krishna. Shrila Shukadeva Gosvamipad calls Krishna Tridhishvara.00:27:01 – Krishna possesses inconceivable energy (Achintya-shakti). This means that you cannot understand the Lord with your logic alone; only by Krishna’s mercy can He be understood. Even if you hear 1000 lectures and read 1000 books, you will not understand until the Lord bestows His mercy. There is only one process—effort. Then kripa (grace) will come.00:32:24 – Unshakable...

17 Jun 2024 morning – Questions and Answers (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

There are three types of jivas: those that manifest from Baladeva Prabhu, these are parikaras (eternal companions), always in Goloka Vrndavana. The jivas that manifest from Sankarsana and stay in Vaikuntha, and those that manifest from Karanodakasayi Visnu, these are of two types, the baddha jivas (conditioned to the material world) and the mukta jivas (liberated from the material world). If the potency of the jiva is madhurya-rasa, he has the good fortune to go to Goloka Vrndavana after...

22 May 2024 evening – Nrisimha-chaturdashi (Hindi) – Rijswijk, Netherlands | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

This material world is painful. Devatas (demigods) and daityas (demons): two types of human nature. Shloka kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha (SB 10.16.36). Prahlada Maharaja goes to gurukula and preaches there. Shanda and Amarka are Prahlada’s teachers. Kayadhu, Prahlada’s mother had 4 children. Hiranyakashipu’s intention to fight with Krishna. Nrisimhadeva Bhagavan comes to save Prahlada from Hiranyakashipu’s attacks. 7 generations of kanishtha-adhikari get liberation, 14...

08 May 2024 morning – Appearance Day of Sri Gadadhara Pandita (English) – San Nicolao, Italy | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Gadadhara Pandita and Gadadhara dasa are two different personalities. Gadadhara Pandita’s mother Ratnavati and Sacidevi were very close to each other. The names of Gadadhara’s parents are Madhava Mishra and Ratnavati-devi. Little Nimai was so talkative and Gadai was silent. Guru will reveal the svarupa of the disciple when he has attained the level of asakti and bhava. The standard of taking maha-prasada. Jagannatha always takes prasada and His hands are always wet because He has to...

01 May 2024 morning – Anarthas (English) – Germany | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

All distress and unhappiness will disappear at the stage of asakti-dasha. Anarthas removal; smell of vaishnava-aparadhas. The story of Bharata Maharaja. Sadhana-siddha gopis and nitya-siddha gopis. Durgata-seva (from afar) of the gopis; tambula-seva, camphor-seva. Vatsalya-bhava of Drona and Dhara, Nanda and Yashoda. 5 obstacles to bhajana: laya, vikshepa, apratipatti, kashaya, rasasvada. Other obstacles to bhajana: karma, money, etc. The story about Danchana. Types of anarthas. Read Madhurya...

20 Mar 2024 evening – The Glories of Mahishis and Gopis (Hindi) – Sri Navadvipa-dhama, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Analysis of the shloka ‘tyaktvā su-dustyaja-surepsita-rājya-lakṣmīṁ’ (SB 11.5.34). Lila of Mahaprabhu becoming a sannyasi after being cursed by a brahmana. The sufferings of this world; people’s vain efforts to become happy. Nrisimha-Prahlada short katha. The story of the old woman gathering brushwood who met Yamaraja. Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ (SB 11.5.32) – this shloka refers to Mahaprabhu. Srila Jiva Gosvami described the colours of Krishna’s incarnations in his...

20 Mar 2024 evening – The Glories of Mahishis and Gopis (English translation) – Sri Navadvipa-dhama, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Analysis of the shloka ‘tyaktvā su-dustyaja-surepsita-rājya-lakṣmīṁ’ (SB 11.5.34). Lila of Mahaprabhu becoming a sannyasi after being cursed by a brahmana. The sufferings of this world; people’s vain efforts to become happy. Nrisimha-Prahlada short katha. The story of the old woman gathering brushwood who met Yamaraja. Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ (SB 11.5.32) – this shloka refers to Mahaprabhu. Srila Jiva Gosvami described the colours of Krishna’s incarnations in his...

07 Mar 2024 evening – Mahaprabhu Beautifully Glorifies His Guru Isvara Puri (English) – São Paulo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Before speaking, you must study. Tomorrow, glorify Lord Siva with evidence from the Scriptures. ⁠Mahaprabhu accepted Isvara Puri as Guru to teach humanity. ⁠Madhavendra Puri is known as the “sprout of divine love” because Radha’s mood of separation manifested in his heart and he began this preaching. ⁠Madhavendra Puri granted the mood of separation to Isvara Puri, who “passed” it to Mahaprabhu. ⁠Serving Srila Gurudeva means reciting to him the slokas that increase his moods of separation...